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Setting up the environment

To use Workbench you need to configure it so that it knows about your robot and the programs that you
want to download to it. There are three areas that need to be set up.
1. The target remote system, which is the cRIO that you will use to download and debug your
programs.
2. The run or debug configuration that describes the program to be debugged and which remote
system you want to debug it on.
3. The FIRST Downloader settings that tell which program should be deployed onto the cRO when
you are ready to load it for a competition or operation without the laptop.
Creating a Remote System in Workbench
Workbench connects to your cRIO controller and can download and remotely debug programs running on
it. In order to make that connection, Workbench needs to add your cRIO to its list of Remote Systems.
Each entry in the list tells Workbench the network address of your cRIO and has a kernel file that is
required for remote access. To create the entry for your system do the following steps.
Note: the Reset connected target (reboot the server) option doesn’t
work reliably and other features seem to have issues unless the “Console
out” switch on the cRIO is set to on. Normally this switch enables the
console output for viewing with a serial port, but leaving it on even if
there is no serial cable connected improves the system reliability.

Right-click in the empty area inthe “Remote Systems” window.Select “New Connection”.In the “Select Remote SystemType” window select “WindRiver VxWorks 6.x TargetServer Connection” and click“Next”.Fill out the “Target ServerOptions” window with the IPaddress of your cRIO. It isusually 10.x.y.2 where x is thefirst 2 digits of your 4 digitteam number and y is the lasttwo digits. For example, team190 (0190) would be 10.1.90.2.You must also select a KernelImage file. This is located in theWindRiver install directory inthe WPILib top level directory.This is typically called“C:\WindRiver\WPILib\VxWorks”.If the cRIO is turned on andconnected you will see thetarget server entry populatedwith the tasks currently running.